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Have you seen their lockdown? their lockdown laughs at Europes lockdown.

capableweb 7y ago
I live in Spain. Yesterday I saw a group of five people standing together in the dog park, about 2 meters apart from each other. Good thing they are practicing social distancing, but their dogs were still playing with each other. We're indeed being laughed at, and rightfully so. Many people are not taking the lock down serious here.
- nradov 7y ago
  There is no evidence that dogs can spread coronavirus to humans. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/animals.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/animals.ht...
  - capableweb 7y ago
    Surely they can't be infected but I know that when I get sick, I have a lot close contact with my dogs, which includes that they sometimes get saliva on them (sleeping on them and drooling and/or coughing near them), which means their fur would carry the virus.
  - de_watcher 7y ago
    Virus stays on surfaces for some time. Dogs have surfaces.
  - arcturus17 7y ago
    So what happens if I have covid19, I pet or hug a dog, and five minutes later someone else touches it? The virus suddenly disappears across the entire dog's surface?
    - capableweb 7y ago
      Now I agree with your general sentiment but can't help but feel the unhelpful tone in your finishing question. We might as well do without that. You can frame your messages to be less hostile without loosing the meaning of what you want to write.
  - knbknb 7y ago
    Yes there is evidence. From Pro-Med Mail: A second PCR-positive dog, Hong Kong https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=7112693 https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=7112693 Apparently it was a very old dog though. Published Date: 2020-03-19 15:56:45 Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (45): China (Hong Kong) animal, dog, 2nd case PCR positive Archive Number: 20200319.7112693
    - capableweb 7y ago
      Not sure if you missed the "dogs can spread coronavirus to humans" part but the source you linked finishes with this: > The spokesman emphasised [SIC] that there is currently no evidence that pet animals can be a source of COVID-19 for humans or that this virus can cause the disease in dogs
jgalt212 7y ago
There's a Yakov Smirnoff joke in there.

I live in Spain. Yesterday I saw a group of five people standing together in the dog park, about 2 meters apart from each other. Good thing they are practicing social distancing, but their dogs were still playing with each other. We're indeed being laughed at, and rightfully so. Many people are not taking the lock down serious here.

nradov 7y ago
There is no evidence that dogs can spread coronavirus to humans. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/animals.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/animals.ht...
- capableweb 7y ago
  Surely they can't be infected but I know that when I get sick, I have a lot close contact with my dogs, which includes that they sometimes get saliva on them (sleeping on them and drooling and/or coughing near them), which means their fur would carry the virus.
- de_watcher 7y ago
  Virus stays on surfaces for some time. Dogs have surfaces.
- arcturus17 7y ago
  So what happens if I have covid19, I pet or hug a dog, and five minutes later someone else touches it? The virus suddenly disappears across the entire dog's surface?
  - capableweb 7y ago
    Now I agree with your general sentiment but can't help but feel the unhelpful tone in your finishing question. We might as well do without that. You can frame your messages to be less hostile without loosing the meaning of what you want to write.
- knbknb 7y ago
  Yes there is evidence. From Pro-Med Mail: A second PCR-positive dog, Hong Kong https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=7112693 https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=7112693 Apparently it was a very old dog though. Published Date: 2020-03-19 15:56:45 Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (45): China (Hong Kong) animal, dog, 2nd case PCR positive Archive Number: 20200319.7112693
  - capableweb 7y ago
    Not sure if you missed the "dogs can spread coronavirus to humans" part but the source you linked finishes with this: > The spokesman emphasised [SIC] that there is currently no evidence that pet animals can be a source of COVID-19 for humans or that this virus can cause the disease in dogs

jgalt212 7y ago

There's a Yakov Smirnoff joke in there.